Letters to the editor

My family and I have fought for the U.S. since World War I, some died in the service. We believe in this country. People like Harry Reid and other who are supposed to represent this country for the people, by the people, only represent themselves and private enterprises.

The Bundy situation and all the people who have come forward to stand up against the oppression are being called "domestic terrorists." Every word that comes from Harry Reid's mouth is a lie. There were no children standing in front of the Patriots, some people were not armed; others had semi-automatic weapons to protect the Patriots.

Two bulls were shot, one from a helicopter. Eighty to 90 cattle were shot and killed by the BLM and their hired cowboys. These cattle were buried in a shallow grave. The cattle killed could have fed hundreds of people. Think about that when you sit down to a beefsteak, roast or ribs.

The Gold Butte Society is tree-huggers and activists that want tot take more rights away from people by making Gold Butte a national park. The land belongs to the people of the sovereign state of Nevada. It doesn't belong to the federal government. Whatever happened to the "open range and the grandfather law?" Our government is totally out of control. We must stand up to the oppressors. Harry Reid and his son Roy want to build solar farms. This is great; just don't steal the land you were voted in to represent.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Davie Henry

Beaver Dam

I have lived in Nevada for well over 30 years and I have become ashamed to admit I consider myself a resident of this wonderful state. That hasn't been the case as I'm proud of the history of Nevada and the patriotism of Nevada's people. But that has changed over the last decade due to the deeds of its most famous native - Harry Reid.

Even Harry Reid's hometown paper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is hammering him for his record of lying. First the RJ excoriated Reid for denying he claimed Obamacare complaints were lies. The newspaper detailed how Reid's staff was helping Las Vegas resident Larry Basich with his Obamacare horror story at the very time Reid was calling the complaints a lie.

Meanwhile, the media is fast at work spreading lies about Chinese company ENN, which retained Reid's son Roy as their chief representative. The media is kicking up dirt over non-existent claims that ENN wanted Bundy's land to build their solar power plant. No one ever said that. It's just more media bull.

What ENN really wanted was all of Gold Butte to serve as an offset for its use of government lands in Laughlin to build its power plant. This is proven by the BLM's own documents, which have since been deleted from its website at the request of the BLM's new director, who used to serve as Reid's senior policy adviser. That's not all: ENN got the public land in question for $4.5 million, however, the appraised value of the land was $38.5 million. Reid then tried to muscle NV Energy into buying ENN's solar power only to be rebuffed.

Time and time again Reid has used his position as Majority Leader to benefit his family, friends and close advisers.

The issue with cattle rancher Cliven Bundy is Bundy has grazing rights on the federal lands - land his family has been using since the 1870s.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) brought in thugs to seize hundreds of Bundy's cattle.

The BLM and Reid only backed down when patriotic Americans came out en masse to support Bundy.

The common denominator in all this is Harry Reid.

Unfortunately, Reid can't stop opening his mouth to switch feet. He appeared at a "Hashtags and Headlines" event in Las Vegas and declared Cliven Bundy's supporters were nothing more than domestic terrorists. Reid defamed Bundy's supporters, saying they weren't patriots.

Last time I checked, Bundy's supporters didn't shoot, taze, batter or assault a single individual working with the BLM or local, state and federal law enforcement. The BLM and federal agents did.

The BLM did all of this because Reid had his hand in the jar with big solar plans.

Reid isn't fit to govern in this great nation; he must go.

Whip Holt

Mesquite

Washington, D.C. is acting as a separate republic or country, which has conquered or subjugated we the people of the United States. It seeks to rule over us accordingly. We the people have the right to object to federal mensurations under the 10th Amendment of our Constitution and under articles in the Declaration of Independence.

Larry Stump

Mesquite

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Letters to the editor

My family and I have fought for the U.S. since World War I, some died in the service. We believe in this country.